Sponsor

Sponsor

High court won't get involved in Asian carp fight

The Supreme Court won't order closure of
shipping locks on Chicago-area waterways to prevent Asian carp from
invading the Great Lakes.

The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Michigan
and other Great Lakes states, who have been trying for immediate
shutdown of the locks and a quicker timetable for other steps to
halt the carp's northward march from the Mississippi River toward
Lake Michigan.

The high court already has rejected the request from Michigan,
Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin twice.

The states have a pending lawsuit that calls for permanently
severing a man-made link between the Mississippi and Great Lakes
drainage basins. They wanted a court order to close the locks while
their suit works through the courts.